Car-replacer



T. H. BELLOWS'.

CAR Remain.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21| |920. 1,364,913. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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THOMAS HENRY BELLOWS, OF WALLA WALL, WASHINGTON.

can-REPLACER.

" Application filed .Tune 21,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, THOMAS I'lnNRY BnL- Lows, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Walla Walla, in the county of Walla Walla and Stateof Washington, have 1nvented a new and useful Car-Replacer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to railway appliances, and more particularly torerailing devices for replacing cars on the rails of a track, after acar has been derailed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be readily and easily applied adjacent to a rail forreceiving` the wheels of the car being replaced, the construction of thedevice being such as to guide the wheels onto the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for preventinglateral move-- ment of the device when a car is moving over the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without de arting from the spirit of theinvention.

eferring to the drawing Figure l illustrates a side elevational view ofa replacer-constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device includes a body section 5and a re movable rail section 6, the body section being relatively wide,and provided with a flange 7 formed in spaced relation with one of theside edges thereof, the wall connecting the flange 7 and body sectionbeing curved as at 8 to accommodate the usual flange of a car wheel.

The upper portion of the body section 5 is curved as at 9, the oppositeedge thereof being inclined as at 10, to provide a camming surface forcoperating with the flange of a Wheel to guide the wheel to the track,the inclined surface 10 being however dis- Specication of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 11. 1921.

i920. serial No. 390,484.

posed on the side of the body section 5, which in operation ispositioned adjacent to the rail.

Spaced arms 11 are formed at each end of the body section 5, which armsare provided with openings to accommodate the pin 12, which pin 12 alsopasses through a suitable opening provided in the tongue 13 that forms apart of the movable rail section 6, there being provided a cotter pin14, extending through an opening in the pin 12 to prevent displacementof the pin, while in operation.

rlhe upper surface of the track sections 6 is inclined toward the outerextremity thereof so that the least possible resistance will be directedto the car being replaced, by the replacer, and aid in the replacing ofthe car. An opening 15 is formed transversely of the rail section 6 andaccommodates the arm 16 which is provided with a plurality of openings17 disposed in spaced relation `with each other, which openings aredesigned to accommodate the pin 18 which in operation lies flush withone wall of the track section 6 to prevent movement of the arm -16within the opening.

Associated with the arm 16 is a hook member 19 adapted to be positionedunder the base of a rail as indicated by Fig. 4 of the drawing, aportion of the base of a rail being indicated by the reference character20, and it will be seen that this hook member 19 has connection with thearm 16 through the medium of the link 21 and relatively small hook 22,which hook 22 passes through the opening 23 formed in the hook member19, so that the hook member may be readily and easily disconnected fromthe arm 16.

From the foregoing it is obvious that when the hook member 19 ispositioned under the base of a rail, lateral movement of the device isprevented; however to further insure against lateral displacement of thedevice, the pins or spikes indicated at 24.- are provided, which pinsare formed integra-l with the under surfaces of the base section, andrail section, and are designed to embed themselves in the ties whichsupport the rail associated with the device.

In view of the fact that the body section 5 is provided with spaced arms11, at its respective ends, it is obvious that the rail section 6 may bedisconnected from one end of the body section 5, and connected to theopposite end thereof, thus providing a replacer or rerailer adapted forunlimited use.

Having thus described the invento11,What I claim as new is In a deviceof the character described, a base section having spaced arms formed atthe respective ends thereof, a rail section having an extension adaptedto be positioned between the arms at one end of the base, said railsections having an opening extending transversely therethrough at apoint substantially intermediate the ends thereof, a

locking means including a hook member, an arm having connection with thehook mem- 15 ber, said arm adapted to pass through the transverselyextending opening, and means to restrict movement of the arm Within saidopening.

In testimony that I claim the Jforegoing as 20 my own, I have heretoaiixed my slgnature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

THOMAS HENRY BELLOWS. Witnesses:

EARL W. BENSON, MARY SCHAUB.

